Early this month, veteran graphic artist Ryan Brookhart completed photography on TRACE, both his directorial debut and premiere release from the new horror production company Terror Films. Headed by Peter Schafer (CEO of Sunrise Pictures), Terror Films is a micro-budget based company with its own criteria, including no extreme gore or unnecessary violence and no female exploitation. Terror Films and Brookhart provided FANGORIA with an exclusive sneak peek into the film.

Serial killers may be the scariest monsters out there—nothing is more realistically terrifying than a fellow human being who is not only capable of but willing to murder others. Tim Marquitz, who usually writes fantasy (like the DEMON SQUAD series), deviates from his norm to step into this reality with his e-novella SERIAL.

It’s just about that time of year, and all the local haunts are preparing for the spooky season, including Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights 2013, which held a special behind-the-scenes event previewing this year’s new goodies. Read on for our report and exclusive photos.